Watch cricket highlights: the Champions League T20 2009 tournament played in India from October 8-23, 2009. Originally scheduled last year, this year, politics has excluded players from Pakistan – the T20 World Cup winners – from featuring in the tournament.
Comprising 12 teams – winners of domestic T20 tournaments from around the world – this year’s show brings in a team each from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies apart from Australia, England and South Africa (2 each) and the Top 3 from the IPL.
Highlights:
Cobras’ jitters in field allow T&T to run riot and into finals
New South Wales 169/7 David Warner 48, Phil Hughes 35 | Vic fall away 90/9
Daredevils win dead rubber low scoring game
T&T 213/4 Lendl Simmons 40, Barath 63, Stewart 33, Perkins 35 | Eagles out of the CL despite good chase early on: 189/5 Rilee Rossouw 44
Somerset 111/7 overwhelmed by NSW who win in the 12th over Dave Warne 40 (16)
Ross Taylor knocks out Delhi despite Sehwag
Victoria 125/5 | Cobras win easy Davids 69, Derek Brand 29
NSW 170/4 Hughes 83, Warner 63 (41) | Kieron Pollard 54 (18) takes down the Wales
Somerset 132/8 Durston 57, Hildreth 31 | de Villiers 4 wickets
Eagles win: Morne Van Wyk 47 Ryan Bailey 29
Victoria win easy – RCB almost out
T&T knock Deccan out in thriller that goes to the final delivery
Super Over eliminator decides game
Wayamba Elevens win, but out of CL through Net Run Rate
RCB 188/2: Kallis 73, Ross Taylor 32 (11), Uthappa 42 | Otago 108 and out of the tournament
T&T 150/9 hand out a debilitating blow to Somerset’s chances (106 all out) | Dwayne Bravo 4 wickets
DD 170/5 Sehwag butchers out 66, Dinesh Kartik 61 | Wayamba 120 Mahela 53 | Dirk Nannes 4, McGrath returns with 2
NSW 130/2 Moises Henriques 51, Phil Hughes 62
Sussex 95/8 Brett Lee 4-1-8-1, Henriques 3 wickets
Thriller that goes to the last ball – Somerset prevail
Cape Cobras 193/4 Andrew Puttick 104 | Otago 139 all out
Delhi overwhelmed by Victoria: Daredevils 98 | Clint McKay 4-17-3 | Victoria Rob Quiney 40
NSW 144 – Simon Katich 53 – Eagles 91/9 Ryan McLaren 40 | Stuart Clark 3 wickets
JP Duminy 99 outshines Ross Taylor, Uthappa knocks
Teams: India (IPL) – Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils
Australia – Victoria, New South Wales
England – Sussex, Somerset
South Africa – Cape Cobras, Eagles
New Zealand – Otago
Sri Lanka – Wayamba
West Indies – Trinidad & Tobago
Fixtures:
Oct 8
Bangalore v Cape Cobras
Oct 9
Eagles v New South Wales
Delhi Daredevils v Victoria
Oct 10
Cape Cobras v Otago
Deccan Chargers v Somerset
Oct 11
New South Wales v Sussex
Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba
Oct 12
Somerset v Trinidad & Tobago
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago
Oct 13
Victoria v Wayamba
Eagles v Sussex
Oct 14
Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago
Oct 15 – 19
A kind of Super 8s
Oct 21
1st semi-final
Oct 22
2nd semi-final
Oct 23
Finalalore